Weaver&#39;s pick-out and scratch-up comb.



Patented Nov. 7, I899. J. A. CARR.

WEAVERS PICK-OUT AND SCRATCH-UP 00748.

(Application filed Sept. 17, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,395, dated November '7, 1899. Application filed September 1'7, 1898. Serial No. 691,134. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMEs A. CARR, of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and use ful Weavers Pick-Out and Scratch-Up Comb, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of my comb. Fig. 2 is an end View. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is an elevation, partly in section, of a modified form. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an elevation, partly in section, of another modified form. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

The main feature of my invention is a comb whose teeth are in pairs, each pair formed of a single piece of wire bent near its middle, forming two teeth, and each piece of wire secured in a trough-shaped back, whether to form a single set of teeth B or B or two sets of teeth 13 or B the distinguishing characteristic being that the teeth are in pairs formed by bending a single piece of wire, which pairs may be firmly secured in sets, as B or B, in trough-shaped backs A or A, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or so that each tooth in one set, as B shall be integral with the corresponding tooth of the other set, as B Combs embodying my invention but with a single set of teeth must of course be made with the pairs of teeth arranged as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

In Figs. 4. and 5 the strip a is separate from the back A but when in place forms part of the back and reduces the quantity of solder which would be necessary if the strip a, were not used.

In the drawings, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I have shown my comb made with two sets of teeth, but two trough-shaped backs. The backs A A are preferably made of one piece of sheet material, bent as shown in Fig. 3, and the sets of teeth'B B are independent of each other, the teeth in each set being in pairs made up of single pieces of wire,bent as shown teeth, the two backs being held from spreading by apair of teeth at each end of the comb, is a second feature of my invention. This construction enables me to make the end teeth I) b of heavier wire than the intermediate teeth B B, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and this is another feature of my invention.

It will now be clear that combs made as above described are very strong and durable and that the teeth are held insuch a manner that they cannot work loose. In a full-size comb I prefer to maketeeth B project from the back about one and one-sixteenth inches at the middle and one inch at the ends and the teeth B one inch at the middle and fifteen-sixteenths of an inch at the ends.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. Apick-out and scratch-up comb comprising a trough-shaped back, one or more rows of teeth projecting from said back in pairs, each pair formed from a single piece of stiff wire bent near its middle and having said bent middle portion secured within said back, substantially as described.

2. The pick-out and scratch-up comb above described, comprising two trough shaped backs A, A; one set E of teeth in pairs, each pair formed of a single piece of wire bent near its middle, and arranged in trough-shaped back A, a like set of teeth B in trough-shaped back A; two pairs of end teeth I), b, one tooth b of each end pair of teeth in trough A, the other tooth b in trough A all substantially as described.

JAMES A. CARR. Witnesses:

J. E. MAYNADIER, WM. MAYNADIER. 

